Polycom Volume reset to default

After reading Polycom admin guide I learn that you can manage the volume by changing master config persist value from 0 to 1. Since this master config are being created/saved somewhere within pbx that can't be found "provisioning/polycom_sip_0004F21AFF50.cfg” editing master config within each MAC address of phone gets over written when pbx/phone restarts.

We were told by PBXnsip guys that this is hardcoded somewhere in source file so I tried to take 2nd route by creating full set of polycom apps/config/bootrom files then upload them to "pbx/tftp" still no luck.

All it would have taken PBXNSIP guys to either provide access to whereever this config is managed “provisioning/polycom_sip_0004F21AFF50.cfg” so we can make changes or they should change the settings to default from

It is certainly the worst practice, where such feature like how users control volume and any other settings that would make some people life hell by requiring settings to be reset every time in my case a call volume for every single call!The default volume level by polycom is absolutely useless; you can’t hear anything what other party is saying unless you increase the volume to max. It has made my client life hell especially when their environment is not that quite.It’s PBXnsip or Polycom but this issue should have been addressed a while back.

Beside the other issues I has to gone through for past 2 weeks with this! Now in order to changed this value from 0 to 1 it took me over 16 hours of my personal time by trying everything else then I am told to post it here...

After reading Polycom admin guide I learn that you can manage the volume by changing master config persist value from 0 to 1. Since this master config are being created/saved somewhere within pbx that can't be found "provisioning/polycom_sip_0004F21AFF50.cfg" editing master config within each MAC address of phone gets over written when pbx/phone restarts.

We were told by PBXnsip guys that this is hardcoded somewhere in source file so I tried to take 2nd route by creating full set of polycom apps/config/bootrom files then upload them to "pbx/tftp" still no luck.

You can place the template into the html directory (not the tftp directory), and then you can change the value in the template. Attached is the latest template (please note that once you put it into the html directory, you will miss new versions of the template that come with new PBX versions).

All it would have taken PBXNSIP guys to either provide access to whereever this config is managed "provisioning/polycom_sip_0004F21AFF50.cfg" so we can make changes or they should change the settings to default from

It is certainly the worst practice, where such feature like how users control volume and any other settings that would make some people life hell by requiring settings to be reset every time in my case a call volume for every single call!

The default volume level by polycom is absolutely useless; you can't hear anything what other party is saying unless you increase the volume to max. It has made my client life hell especially when their environment is not that quite.

It's PBXnsip or Polycom but this issue should have been addressed a while back.

Do you think it makes sense to make this parameter configurable? We did not really think about this parameter, we just took the default coming from Polycom. This is usually a reasonable approach.

There are a lot of configurable parameters (well, the file is 120 KB!!!), so we definitevely don't want to include all of them. For example, we included a parameter that makes it possible to turn the HTTP server off (security leak).

Also, if you are using a analog gateway (FXO) you might have to check the gain on the gateway (see http://wiki.pbxnsip....Gain_Adjustment). Maybe the gain there is too low and then you have to increase the volume on the phones to hear something. The default config on the Polycoms is usually pretty good if the incoming gain is okay.

Beside the other issues I has to gone through for past 2 weeks with this! Now in order to changed this value from 0 to 1 it took me over 16 hours of my personal time by trying everything else then I am told to post it here...

Ouch. At least we want to avoid that other guys go through the same pain again.

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You can place the template into the html directory (not the tftp directory), and then you can change the value in the template. Attached is the latest template (please note that once you put it into the html directory, you will miss new versions of the template that come with new PBX versions).

I will follow what you suggested but just one quick question about your point above. What's the different between this template versions and why can't we use the one that can be used with new pbx versions?

I will follow what you suggested but just one quick question about your point above. What's the different between this template versions and why can't we use the one that can be used with new pbx versions?

It is an upgrade problem. When you perform an upgrade of the PBX and we update the template on the pbxnsip side, you will not get those updates unless you remove the file from the file system. May not be a major problem, just want to mention it.

We had that in the old times (pbxnsip) as a provisioning parameter. Polycom has the default to restore the volume--I guess that makes sense because the volume differs significantly depending on who is calling (device) and who is talking. Also it helps to keep the system in a kind of calibrated state. But of course you can change the polycom provisioning template and change the setting.

We had that in the old times (pbxnsip) as a provisioning parameter. Polycom has the default to restore the volume--I guess that makes sense because the volume differs significantly depending on who is calling (device) and who is talking. Also it helps to keep the system in a kind of calibrated state. But of course you can change the polycom provisioning template and change the setting.

Im not seeing the parameter "<volume voice.volume.persist.handset="1..." in the polycom_master.xml or polycom_all.xml

I can share with you a file that works, and that i use, and it has the volume setting fixed as well as BLF on the screen. However, i need to know if you use srv records to register phones or regular A record.